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P. C. BROWN. FOUNTAIN PEN PILLER.

No. 446,202. Patented Feb. 1o, 1891.

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UNITED STATES FRANCIS C. BROVN, OF

PATENT OEEICE.

FOUNTAIN-PEN FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,202, dated February 10, 1891.

Application filed October 10, 1890. Serial No. 367.684- (No model.)

transport the ink from the bottle to the pen by an independent carrier. To accomplish this object, I use the device illustrated by the r accompanying drawings, wherein- Y Figure l is a perspective view of the inkbottle and filler, illustrating the position ofY the hand and the filler when in use. Fig. 2 is avertical central section of bottle and filler zo on line c c, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottle and filler. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line lo k, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line c c', Fig. 2. Fig. 6 illustrates a detached side view of the fillertube. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the inner core of the bottle-stopper.

The letter A indicates the flanged stopper of a bottle, preferably constructed of flexible india-rubber, and so formed as to contain and 3o be in one piece with ail upper air chamber or bulb B.

E is a core held in the lower part of the stopper A, said core having an upright airpassage c to connect the air-chamber B with the interior of the bottle F. This core E may have a rim or flange a at or near one end, and

has in the preferred construction also a longitudinal groove or passage b in or near its side (shown in Fig. 7) to receive and protect the pen-filler tube D, which enters or extends 4o through the stopper, as shown. The interior of the stopper A is recessed to hold and retain the core'E, which is inserted to act as a perforated partition between the air-chamber B and the interior of the ink-bottle and to help to retain the tube D.

To use this device the bottle is tipped, as in Fig. 1, or held' until the ink covers at least the inner end of the tube D, the outer end of said tube entering or being above the pen- 5o holder to be filled. The bulb B is then. compressed and the air therein forced through the hole e into the bottle, thereby forcing the ink out through the tube D. The core E and vthe tube D are preferably made of some hard material, so as not to allow compression,which would render them unserviceable.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, 1s

6o The combination, in a flanged bottle-Stopper A, having formed thereon and made integral therewith an air-bulb B, with the perforated core E, embraced by 'said stopper A, and with the tube D, held in place by said core E between the saine and the external stopper A, all arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

FRANCIS C. BROVN.l

Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, ROBERT C. MITCHELL. 

